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- GENERAL OVERVIEW
- ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY FRAMEWORK
- ENERGY COMPANIES
- ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- ENERGY USE AND PRICE BY SECTOR
- ISSUES AND PROSPECTS
- STATISTICS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- GLOSSARY
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Overview
Papua New Guinea is advancing ambitious energy and climate policies, targeting carbon neutrality in the energy sector by 2030 while expanding renewables to over half its power mix. Rich in natural resources, its economy relies heavily on oil, gas, and mining, though electrification remains low. Regulatory reforms aim to strengthen energy access, efficiency, and sector governance.
Get more details on the table of contents and data files, as well as the list of graphs and tables by browsing the tabs below.
Highlights
- The country targets a 57% share of renewables in the power mix in 2027.
- PNG committed to reach carbon neutrality by 2030 in the energy sector.
- PPL, the state-owned power utility, owns 50% of total capacity, including 65% of hydro and geothermal.
- Oil Search and ExxonMobil dominate the oil and gas sector.
- PNG's power grid is fragmented and suffers from frequent outages.
- Oil and gas represent 64% of the power mix.
- Final energy consumption is 50% covered by biomass.
- The electrification rate is low (19% in 2023).
- In 2022, ExxonMobil and partners agreed to develop the large P'nyang gas field.
- A second LNG liquefaction plant is planned.
Energy & Climate Policy Framework
Papua New Guinea (PNG for short) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the western part belongs to Indonesia).
Oil and gas is under the responsibility of the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE), while the National Energy Authority (NEA) is in charge of regulates the power sector.
Energy Companies
Electricity:
PPL is a dominant generator, holding 50% of the total capacity with around 580 MW (65% hydro or geothermal, 35% thermal).
There are independent producers, such as NiuPower (Kumul Energy 50%, Santos Limited 50%) which commissioned a 58 MW gas power plant in 2019.
Around one third of the capacity is operated by auto-producers.
Energy Supply & Demand
Oil:
Crude oil production has increased by 2%/year since 2021 to 1.3 Mt/year in 2023. It rose rapidly from 2010 to 2020 (15%/year), reaching 1.4 Mt. Before 2010, it declined steadily from around 3.6 Mt in 2000 to 2 Mt in 2009.
The country has one refinery with a capacity of 32.5 kbl/d.
Graph: Crude Oil Production & Consumption
Energy Use and Price by Sector
Energy Prices in Residential:
The average residential electricity price is 0.29 USD/kWh, a relatively high price due to reliance on expensive diesel generation, limited grid infrastructures, and electrification challenges.
Issues & Prospects
In the APEC 8th edition of Energy Demand and Supply Outlook report (2022), primary energy demand is projected to increase by 2.5%/year to 6.5 Mtoe in 2050 (reference scenario).
- Graph 1: Primary Consumption Trends by Energy Source
- Graph 2: Total Consumption Market Share by Energy (2023)
- Graph 3: Installed Electric Capacity by Source
- Graph 4: Installed Electric Capacity by Source (2023)
- Graph 5: Gross Power Production by Source & Consumption
- Graph 6: Power Generation by Source (2023)
- Graph 7: Crude Oil Production & Consumption
- Graph 8: Petroleum Products Production & Consumption
- Graph 9: Gas Production & Consumption
- Graph 10: GHG Emissions and CO2-energy Emissions
- Graph 11: Final Demand Trends by Energy Source
- Graph 12: Final Consumption by Sector
- Graph 13: Final Consumption Market Share by Sector (2023)
- Graph 14: Final Consumption in Industry by Energy Source
- Graph 15: Final Consumption in Transport by Energy Source
- Graph 16: Energy Prices in Transport (Taxes Included)
- Graph 17: Final Consumption in Residential, Services, Agriculture by Energy Source
- Graph 18: Upcoming New Capacity by Energy Source
- Economic Indicators: Annual historical data including population, GDP growth, imports and exports, inflation rate, energy security and efficiency indicators, CO2 emissions.
- Supply Indicators: Historical data including oil and gas reserves, electric and refining capacity, energy production, power production and external trade. All are detailed by energy source.
- Demand Indicators: Historical data including consumption per inhabitant, consumption trends, total consumption by energy source, final consumption by energy source and sector, and electricity consumption by sector.
- Energy Balances: Single table displaying the overall energy industry balance per annum, also graphically displayed by energy sub-segment.
The Papua New Guinea energy market data since 1990 and up to
is included in the Excel file accompanying the Papua New Guinea country report.
It showcases the historical evolution, allowing users to easily work with the data.
Key Data included in the excelsheet:
- Economic indicators: Annual historical economic indicators, energy security, energy efficiency and CO2 emissions.
- Supply indicators: Annual historical reserves, capacity, production and external trade (imports(+) exports(-) balance).
- Demand indicators: Annual historical consumption per capita, consumption trends, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector) and electricity consumption total and per sector.
- Energy Balance: total and per energy.
- Papua New Guinea Energy Prices: In addition to the analysis provided on the report we also provided a data set which includes historical details on the Papua New Guinea energy prices for the follow items: price of premium gasoline (taxes incl.), price of diesel (taxes incl.), price of electricity in industry (taxes incl.), price of electricity for households (taxes incl.), price of natural gas in industry (taxes incl.), prices of natural gas for households (taxes incl.), spot price of Brent and CO2 emissions (from fuel combustion).